“…Perpetual findings of extensive research conducted in the developing world indicate that diverse factors such as maternal age [ 7 , 8 ], maternal education [ 6 , 8 – 10 ], household income [ 8 , 10 ], husband education [ 8 , 11 ], maternal employment [ 12 , 13 ], area of residence [ 8 , 10 , 14 ], pregnancy intention [ 15 , 16 ], media exposure [ 16 – 18 ], pregnancy-linked cost [ 19 , 20 ], history of obstetric complications [ 11 , 21 ], parity [ 11 , 22 ], lack of ANC knowledge [ 23 – 25 ], and the distance from a health facility [ 25 , 26 ] are associated with ANC utilization.…”